# Gordon King artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/gordon-king/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T14:16:07.728Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity



## About Gordon King

Gordon King is an illustrator born in 1939, according to VIAF; Art UK independently catalogs an artist of the same name and birth year. The collected authority records link the name to stable identifiers in Wikidata, VIAF, and national-library systems, but they provide little biographical detail and do not establish a nationality, training history, or movement affiliation. Appraisily also has a substantial name-matched auction index for Gordon King, which is why collectors may encounter the name across paintings, works on paper, prints, and other catalog categories. Those records require care: Gordon King is a shared name, and the public source pack does not provide enough descriptive evidence to prove that every auction lot belongs to the illustrator born in 1939. A responsible appraisal should therefore pair the authority-file identity with work-by-work checks of signatures, dates, media, provenance, and catalog descriptions.

## Common works and media

The collected auction page groups Gordon King records under fine art and paintings, works on paper and prints, sculpture and mixed media, and decorative art and editions. These are database categories rather than a verified catalogue of the illustrator's practice. For appraisal purposes, identify the actual medium, technique, support, dimensions, signature, date, and edition status of each object before selecting comparable works.

## Market and appraisal context

Gordon King auction results should be compared at the individual-work level because the collected market index is based on name matching and covers several broad categories. Relevant appraisal factors include medium, dimensions, date, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, edition information, provenance, exhibition or catalogue history, subject matter, attribution confidence, and recent comparable sales. Comparables are most useful when they closely resemble the property being assessed and can be confidently assigned to the same artist. Public results provide market evidence, but they do not replace physical examination, authentication research, or a qualified appraisal. Reported prices should also be checked for differences in currency, fees, and buyer's-premium treatment.

## Appraisily data basis

Appraisily artist pages combine artist-identity research with matched public auction records, auction-house context, sale dates, realized prices, and comparable lots when those records are available. Name matches, authorship, condition, and attribution should be verified before the data is used for appraisal.

## Sources

- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/91964295/
- Art UK: https://artuk.org/discover/artists/king-gordon-b-1939
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21465044
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/gordon-king/